Conversation in French

 Did you know that you only say comment ça va to someone you know really well you can say comment ça va.  Did you know that you don't smile to people in French you don't know, Because the French people think you are up to something sneaky, but if you kn...

Please advice the difference in using “aller” or “rendre” as in module 2.4 .

The sentence "Je ne parle pas français" seems as if it is pronounced  Je ne par lepas français where the le and the pas are pronounced as one word.   Is this correct?

When I practice speaking, Rocket French transcribes my sound to text.  When I get less than 100%, the transcription should show where my accent or intonation or something else is incorrect.  The trouble is the transcription can sometimes be way off from ...

At one time there was a way to have the program evaluate pronunciation strictly or more leniently.  Does that feature still exist.    

I'd be very interested in the views of members: I've had another try at a professional teacher on iTalki after not using one for years.  I'm somewhere in A2 territory, and felt it was time to speak regularly.    The plus side is that it very much pushed...

I have been wondering for quite some time now, why most language courses teach a language how it's written instead of how it's actually spoken, and also: Why do courses not try to do both? I like this to be a start of a maybe interesting exchange of idea...

just wondering if the people speaking in the lessons are from france or canada  

I'm having a problem with 1) I don't get the opportunity to talk. 2) when I do talk my voice isn't recognised. 3) All this is taking a long time to go through conversations. I'm using Safari

I have difficulty hearing the difference in the conjugation as in the following example: Il monte → Ils montent (monter-mount, rise) Dialogue context can be followed further in the conversation. How French people get to understand each other on the ...

kjiciuiuwioicoiaodhyoidiipoaouoihkjnkjkjckjksjg …………. its quite long right?.. Its a real word!!!!!

Has anyone else been fascinated by the subleties of the french language? Talking to some french persons I noticed a difference in the way of the communication and find that quite fascinating. It is somehow expected to read between the lines, so the frenc...

I want to specifically learn and access phrases that may be needed while working in a pharmacy.   Is there a way to accomplish this?

Coucou tout le monde ;-) I would like to recommend a great youtube channel, of a, I believe swiss, french native speaker, which has become a great addition to my course.   It is called french comprehensive input: https://www.youtube.com/@FrenchCompreh...

Several reviews mention that RF will provide a pronunciation accuracy score from 1-100 in the conversation excercises. I haven't found this anywhere. What am I missing?

Bonjour,   I re-committed myself to Rocket French. Going at my own pace but I'm finding incredibly difficult to take what I've learned in each lesson and make simple French conversations. I immediatly freeze up.   I have no one to really speak to in ...

Are there plans to introduce level 4 french to take us to C1 and C2 CEFR levels ?

Hi, I was looking through the FAQ's on the Rocket website and found a question entitled “What are hot keys and how do I use them?”. The first answer to this question is as follows:    1. Rocket Reinforcement Activities: When you jump into the Rocket R...

is there a way to get just french conversation out of each lesson? we can keep playing it on our earphones for passive learning

I thought I read somewhere in the early lessons that there were notes that were included with this program.   I am a visual learner and cannot remember things that aren't written.  Right now I'm going thru Chap 1 lesson 3 and writing all of the dialog d...

Bonjour tous le monde. J'ai fini mon leçon ‘traveling on business’. Est-ce que quelqu'un est intéressé à partager  cette leçon? Je voudrais trouver quelqu'un

I am having a hard time deciding when to use Est-ce que vs Pouvez-vous.

Pourquoi est-ce que la conversation n'utilise pas les sons de s a z qu'on a fait les pronunciations? 

In Level 2, lesson 13.4, we have: “Écoute, j'étais dehors en train de laver la voiture...” I'm puzzled that the final e in Écoute and voiture is vocalized, whereas it ordinarily is silent. Does this indicate that the speaker is annoyed, and therefore d...

Level 2 , Unit 9.0 Eric: Tu as pris une chambre à l'hôtel              ou bien tu as loué une maison ? Anne : Ni l'un, ni l'autre ! Since “chambre” and “maison” are both feminine nouns in gender.  In the above dialogue, can we use ni l'une, ni l...

Level 2, Unit: 9.2 Assistant :Vous avez votre nom                    et vos coordonnées inscrits dessus ? Coordonnées (f) (pl) is feminine noun.  Should “e” be added to the end of inscrites ? Thanks

Salut tout le monde, There is nothing wrong  in the sentences below. Quel choix ! Je ne sais plus trop. Que me recommandez-vous ? Yet the Que  rubs me as not quite right, as I would naturally say  … Quel me recommandez-vous ?  Because in english it ...

What does vous avez chaud means? Translation means you are hot. The literal translation says You have heat. Does it mean you are hot and sexy kinda hot or you are feeling warm kind of hot?  

I'm not sure if this is the proper category in which to post this, however, for Lesson 11.6  Irregular Verbs in the Passé Simple, I cannot get a single correct response from speech recognition. I've gotten for je - “je m'en fous” in lieu of je mourus;  ...

Rhea:Salut!,je m'appelle Rhea,je veux achete une bouteil de Coke,un kilo d'huille ét pain Tekky:hmmm,sac? Rhea:ne pas!,une bouteil de Coke,un kilo d'huille ét pain! Tekky:okay,okay,Becky! Becky:Oui madame. Tekky:une bouteil de Coke,un kilo d'huille ...

Linda:Salut! Je m'appelle Linda. Tekky: Bonjour mademoiselle Linda Linda:Je veux achete un sac,il ya Tekky: Il ya? Linda:Oui,c'est Belle,ça coùte combien? Tekky:Okay,les article coûtent vingt euro Linda:Je paie Dix euro Tekky:ne pas,vingt euro (L...

No matter which device I use, I cannot get the French conversation practice 9.3 to record me correctly or play through the practice completely. Are some sort of upgrades in progress? It seems That RL has been particularly slow the past couple of days.

Hello, I struggle to translate the sentences below.  The only problem is the one word. .... the world opens, and the world, in one stroke, shines up or ... the world opens, and the people, in one stroke, shine up.  D'après moi, une œuvre réussie relè...

I'm very much a beginner. In the first, lesson I've encountered "d'où" and been unable to pronounce it successfully. I found that it is the "où" part specifically that is not understood. I've listened to the recordings with "d'où" at least 100 times - ...

Bonjour! comment ca va?  

Bonjour,  salutations de la Colombie amerique du sud. Je pense que ce sera trés bien si on peut pratiquer  le francais ensemble,  ma langue maternelle est l'espagnol, mais je peux parler l'anglais aussi.

When Claire breezily says "salut" or "au revoir" to a group of friends, why does she address them as "les amis" rather than "mes amis"?

I had -at first- the worst time to grasp the sentence in the title.  My mind refused to remember it. So I thought about it and may have a plain translation that does not even qualify as idiom: You would not believe how well said. Am I far from truth?  

Je suis vraiment perdu, là !  Translated as 'I am really lost here ', (Incorrectly in my view - surely even in this phrase ici would be here) in the lesson.  This is supported by the fact that in the Quiz the same phrase is translated as 'I am r...

Is it true that there is no distinction between the above words as regards pronunciation? The check function of the recordings often registers a mistake when, for example, I say parlez and it hears parlais Maybe it's just a hardware problem. Or...

On recording between 10:52 and 11:10, the following incorrect transcription is given in English «Est-ce que c'est ton frère EST là-ba ?» The final «EST» is incorrect, is not spoken by Claire, and needs to be removed to match the audio. Otherwise the audio...

Pas une question, mais -- À tous les professeurs et mes camarades étudiants :          Je vous souhaite un « Joyeux Noël » !

I have been following the current season of 'Spiral' (=' Engrenages ') and trying to pick up as much of the French as I can. A lot of the dialogue is spoken very quickly, and I suspect a lot of slang and elision is involved, and I'd be interested in wheth...

So here  is my problem - I am getting to the end of Level 1 and absolutely hitting the wall in terms of conversation at any level. I am learning a multitude of words and phrases, but there now appears to be four ways to ask a question (and the flash cards...

Regarding masculine nouns.  I understand that the last consonant is not pronounced (e.g., un crayon - "cray-oo") but sometime it seems that I hear a bit of the last consonant like (e.g. un jour) be spoken.  Can you provide guidance as to this?

I am having a problem with my voice recording playback. It starts to get faster and faster until I can't understand it. So I have to stop the lesson and log in again to continue' It is really annoying.

None of the catetories (Play it, hear it/say it, write it, know it) have any audio in Interactive Audio Lesson 9.4 Canceling a Hotel Reservation; therefore, I cannot complete this lesson. Please fix so that I can continue with this lesson. Thank you.

Hi, There is another error in a level 3 lesson.  In the conversation The Cliente says " Je ne sais plus trop." It is translated as," I don't know anymore."  Then in the extra vocabulary the exact same sentence is translated "I don't really know.  And "Je...

I am at lesson 10.1.  I have a hard time to swallow the sentence below.  The text is perfectly clear to me.   et nous allons vous montrer comment cela se passe en français. But the lovely female voice speaks to me what I distinctly perceive as et nous ...

Here is a sentence in the lesson dialog that may need a correction. et on va leur demander une caution, peut-etre plus elevee en raison du risque. translated as and one is going ask them for a deposit, maybe due to the higher risk. shoud be, peut-et...